Chapter 1705

“Brothers, I know what you’re thinking. Do you think what I’m saying is nonsense?”

“Yes, I admit it’s nonsense, but what I’m going to say next is, I’m Poisonous Snake, and I’ve got nowhere to go. Many of you haven’t been with me for long and haven’t really done anything heinous!”

“So, you can catch me and hand me over to the police outside. That way, maybe you can atone for your sins, and you might get out in a few years and live a normal life.”

As Poisonous Snake spoke, he spread his arms as if accepting his fate.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell into a deathly silence again.

It was obvious that in this smoke-filled hall, some people showed hesitation in their eyes, while others tightly gripped their various firearms.

Clearly, those who were gripping their weapons tightly would turn their guns without hesitation if they saw anyone daring to act against Poisonous Snake, and there were quite a few of such people!

“What are you standing around for?”

Seeing this, Poisonous Snake immediately put on an angry expression.

The men in the living room looked at each other, all frowning.

“Don’t you have wives and children to take care of?”

“Don’t you have elderly to support?”

“Listen to me, as long as you hand me over, you’ll definitely get a reduced sentence, and then you can live a normal life!”

Poisonous Snake rebuked angrily.

“No, boss, you’ve been good to us. I don’t know about the others, but I, Haozi, am definitely with you, through thick and thin!”

“Anyone who dares to harm a hair on your head has to answer to me, Haozi, and what’s in my hand!”

Among the crowd, a man with a sleazy face raised his silver Desert Eagle.

As the sleazy man took the lead, many in the crowd started to menacingly scan those who looked hesitant.

Obviously, Poisonous Snake had already anticipated such a scenario, and a smile unconsciously crept onto his face.

“Good, thank you all for your support. Since it has come to this, and you are willing to live and die with me, Poisonous Snake, then let’s fight them to the death!”

Poisonous Snake raised an arm high and shouted loudly.

“Fight to the death!”

“Fight to the death!”

The sleazy man was the first to respond to Poisonous Snake, and then a group of Poisonous Snake’s die-hard followers also began to shout.

Those who had been hesitant in the crowd gradually raised their arms too, finally letting out a deafening roar.

Watching this scene, Poisonous Snake’s lips curled into a smug smile.

In his eyes, these people were nothing but cannon fodder. As long as he remained, the day would come when he could rise again, and by then, wouldn’t he have as many of these people as he wanted?

Among these people, some were orphans he raised from a young age, and some were various desperados he recruited. To put it bluntly, they were following him for money!

“Boss, we’re ready!”

At this time, Scorpion leisurely pushed the door open and entered, followed by a few men.

These men were already fully armed, each holding firearms, their eyes cold as they stood in place like machines.

These were all Poisonous Snake’s loyal followers, elite members he had specially trained with significant effort and money!

…

Outside the house.

“Boss, what now?”

Yu Feng frowned.

Clearly, the earlier tear gas didn’t work. These criminals were clinging to the house like maggots and refused to come out.

“Give them a bit more content.”

Lin Beichen shrugged.

He didn’t believe the people inside would rather be smoked to death inside than come out.

Tear gas, despite special equipment, becomes intolerable over time. Those thugs at most could use soaked clothes to cover their noses and mouths inside.

If they insisted on holding out in there, the most likely outcome was suffocating themselves. Moreover, who could withstand this situation for long?

“Whoosh—!”

More tear gas canisters were thrown inside the house.

“I can’t take it anymore, I’m going out!”

For the first time, a cry of despair came from inside the house.

“Bang—!”

However, this voice had just emerged when a gunshot sounded immediately after.

Moments later, a corpse was thrown out of the house’s window.

Seeing this, Lin Beichen’s mouth curled into a smile.

“Boss, why are you smiling?”

Yu Feng looked at Lin Beichen with a face full of confusion.

Lin Beichen shook his head, not speaking.

The team members, without Lin Beichen’s orders, just hid behind their covers, observing the house with various devices. For a while, the scene fell into dead silence again.

“Chen Lin, have you found the target at the back?”

Yu Feng, feeling bored, turned on his earpiece microphone and asked inside.

“No, we and the criminal investigation team didn’t see anything at the back. It’s as if the people inside are dead; there’s no movement at all.”

Chen Lin’s reply came through the microphone. Lin Beichen raised an eyebrow slightly but remained silent.

From the current situation, the personnel inside were gradually starting to grow uneasy.

Currently, the situation was that the thugs inside, to maintain morale, would preemptively shoot anyone attempting irrational actions.

In the short term, they might be able to maintain stability and thus remain as solid as a rock.

But over time, without intervention from Lin Beichen’s side, infighting would inevitably occur among the thugs inside.

By then, Lin Beichen and his team could just sit back and reap the benefits of their civil war.

Five minutes… ten minutes… half an hour.

Time ticked by, and tear gas was periodically thrown into the house by the team members.

Inside the house, coughs started one after another, growing louder and more constant, eventually becoming an unending echo.

“Shout!”

“If you don’t come out, we’ll attack!”

Lin Beichen’s eyes turned cold, as if he were a different person.

When dealing with these thugs, there was no need for any mercy.

Lin Beichen had dragged on for so long to make sure there were no hostages inside and to break the internal psychological defenses of those inside.

“Listen up inside, my forces are giving you one minute to lay down your weapons and surrender hands held high!”

“After one minute, we will use force to storm your stronghold!”

Yu Feng picked up a loudspeaker, shouting inside with a bulging throat.

“We surrender, we surrender!”

The door opened, and four men came out with hands raised high.

“Bang—bang!”

“Ah—!”

No sooner had the four stepped out the door than a burst of AK gunfire resounded. The men screamed as they fell, their backs riddled with chaotic bullet holes.

“Let’s see who dares walk out that door today!”

Subsequently, a voice full of murderous intent called out from inside.

“Sniper, did you see who fired the shots?”

Lin Beichen asked coldly into his earpiece microphone.

“It’s a sleazy-looking middle-aged man, not the target!”

Came the affirmative response from the sniper inside.

“The minute’s almost up, snipers cover, move in to capture.”

“Understood!”…

The walkie-talkie transmitted a response, and soon the team members, guns in hand, vaulted over walls from all directions.

Inside the house, upon hearing the commotion, numerous thugs began to emerge from behind various headboards, raising their weapons, attempting to kill the advancing team members.

“Phew—!”

“Phew—!”

The sound of silenced sniper rifles firing rang out, causing the thugs to drop like puppets with their strings cut, hanging from windows.

Upon closer inspection, there was a fava bean-sized blood hole on the forehead of each thug, with red and white fluid continuously oozing, clearly indicating they were dead.

Some window bodies were pushed down from behind, new thugs attempted to fire from the window, yet met their end under the silent sniper rifles.

The team members, crouching in a horse stance, holding weapons, cautiously approached the house.

Perhaps it was the psychological shadow left by the snipers on the thugs.

Earlier, there were occasional heads popping up from the windows; finally, it became as if no one was inside, and there was no longer any movement at the windows.

The advancing team members encountered no resistance as they reached the windows or doors of the house.

“Window No. 1, no targets inside!”

“Window No. 2, no targets found!”

“Window No. 5…”

Earpieces received reports from the team members, making Lin Beichen slightly frown.

Being unable to see targets from the windows was not a good sign.